Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1928, Page 25

THE EVENIN STA R, WASHINGTON, D. 6. TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 198 " SNOWBOUND TOWN BETS FOOD BY AR Another Army Plane Takes Off With Supplies for De- tour, Mich. BEATEN BY DOG TEAM IN RELIEF RACE Manusecript of New Testament. Rich in Byzantine Lore >, March 20— Down through | the centuries there is coming to Chicago | A remarkable Greek manuscript of the New Testament, written and richly fllu- minated in_Constantinople in 1260-70. |AD, in the scriptorium of Michael | Palacologue, Emperor of the East | | Prof. Edgar J. Goodspeed, the Uni- ersity of Chicago authority on Greek, | author of the American translation the New Testament 4n 1923. discov- | cred the manuscript last September n the hands of a European dealer in an- that this one contains more Byzantine | miniatures than all the other manu-| | scripts now in America combined. Through the courtesy of Mrs. MeCor- mick, the New Testament department of the University of Chicago will inves- tigate and publish the manuscript § Bought for C]]icago The Dr. Goodspeed said, will tigation “a body of tiques, It w Mrs Rock The manuscript nificent_silver covers,” reported, and contains “the number of Byzantine miniature pamni ings ever found in a Greek New Testa- | ment. 72 in all” The famous Parls manus from the same seriptoriom to of France in 1260 AD. only 14 No Byzantine New Testament manu- seript is known with more than half as < purchased by him for McCormick department, is inclosed in “mag- | have for inves Dr. Goodspeed explored Byzantine materials <uch greatest | never before been offared to a American university, or, indeed, to any university in the world.” The minfatures will form the subject ) one volume, the Greek text another ““The codex is probably the most val- uable Greek manuscript now owned in America,” Dr. Goodspeed said, “and promises to make an important con- tribution to the subject of Byzantine many minfatures as the new manuseript iconography, because of the great range contains, Dr. Goodspeed sald, adding of its miniatures, hitherto unprm-l dented in Greek New Testament manu- | script, and all referable to a definite time and place. It promises also to throw light upon contemporary designs in Romanesque sculpture and early stained glass.” g s Almas,Chanters to Rehearse. Members of the Almas Chanters will hold a rehearsal tonight. The Chanters presented a double program of songs At the annual social evening of the Colum- ' bia Chapter. O. E. S., at the Mount Pleasant Chapter rooms March 12 under leadership of Nobie Lynn Gil- christ, with Ted Lewis at the piano. Those participating were Nobles Carl, Carty, Walker, Manning, McNamee, Weist, Zepp, Gains, Miller and Farmer. for Quality Canned Foods ALL THIS MONTH 7th & H STS. N.W. GGG G656 056 (7] A Week of Real Values at The “NATIONAL”— on Everything for the Home! \ 4 ) Snowmobile as it left Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.. for snowbound village of | Detour, 60 miles distant, loaded with 1.000 pounds of food for the isolated vil- | /i - lages. The snowmobile found the going very difficult and a seven-dog team || beat it into the stricken town. 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